{"id":33065,"date":"2015-05-12T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/?p=33065"},"modified":"2015-03-22T10:37:14","modified_gmt":"2015-03-22T15:37:14","slug":"new-testament-gospel-doctrine-lesson-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2015\/05\/new-testament-gospel-doctrine-lesson-20\/","title":{"rendered":"New Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson #20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/scriptures-resurrection-758817-print.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-32418\" src=\"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/scriptures-resurrection-758817-print-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"scriptures-resurrection-758817-print\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/scriptures-resurrection-758817-print-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/scriptures-resurrection-758817-print-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/scriptures-resurrection-758817-print.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>So here\u2019s the plan: each week that the gospels are covered in Sunday School, I will post\u00a0one question from my book along with a brief discussion of the issues that it raises.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>If you were to interpret the anointing of Jesus (Mark 14:3-9)\u00a0as both a burial and a royal anointing, what would this imply about Jesus? If you view this event as only a burial anointing (i.e., see Jesus as simply a martyr) or only a royal anointing (i.e., see Jesus as simply a king), what are you missing?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(adapted from <a href=\"http:\/\/gregkofford.com\/products\/jsmith-gospels\">Search, Ponder, and Pray: A Guide to the Gospels<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>To say that I&#8217;m obsessed with the story of the anointing of Jesus would be a gross understatement. I wrote my MA thesis on it and then (many years later) revised it for publication as an essay which you can read <a href=\"http:\/\/publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu\/publications\/studies\/5\/Studies5_1_Smith.pdf\">here<\/a>. I discussed how Mark&#8217;s story of the anointing is related to Luke&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.byunewtestamentcommentary.com\/conferences\/may-2014\/transcripts\/reading-between-the-lines-lukes-omission-of-mark-143-9-by-julie-m-smith\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In short, I think the story of Jesus&#8217; anointing is a treasure hidden in plain sight. It is hidden \u00a0because we assume that a story involving a woman is not so important. (Note that we usually call it &#8220;The Anointing at Bethany&#8221; and not &#8220;The Anointing of Jesus.&#8221;) But the story announces and reveals Jesus&#8217; true identity in way unparalleled in the gospels. (Note that &#8220;messiah&#8221; is a Hebrew word meaning &#8220;anointed one&#8221; and &#8220;Christ&#8221; is a Greek word with the same meaning.) In short, the woman&#8217;s act prophetically proclaims Jesus&#8217; identity as sufferer, priest, and king. Not only that, but the story functions as a hinge in Mark&#8217;s text by bridging the stories of Jesus&#8217; life and death. It also draws heavily on allusions to various biblical texts. The JST emphasizes the importance of the woman&#8217;s act (as I explain in the first link above).<\/p>\n<p>Jesus says that wherever the gospel is preached, what this woman did should be told. I think we should listen to him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-politics"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33065"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33066,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33065\/revisions\/33066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}